Benjamin scaeles



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B. SGARLES.

METALLIC LA'I'HING.

Unirse STATES PATENT @einem BENJAHIN SGARIJES, OF CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CLINTON IVIRE CLOTH COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

METALLIC LATHING.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,920, dated September 4, 1888.

Application tiled July 1S, i857. Serial No. 244,578. (No model.l

To all zcwm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN Sonates, of Clinton, in the county of XVorcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metallic Lat-hing, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invent-ion appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying di'awings,fo1ming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a piece of my im proved lathing, represented as in position for use; Fig. 2, a side elevation showing the method of attaching the fui-ring to the beam; Fig. 3, a side elevation cfa piece of the fui-ring detached, and Figs. 4 and 5 side elevations showing modified forms of the furring.

Like letters of reference indicate correspond ing parts in the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of metallie lathing in which the body for receiving and holding theirnposed plastering is composed of wire-cloth; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and more desirable article of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature ot' the improvement will be readily understood by all eonversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A- represents the wirecloth or body of the lathing, B, the furring, and C the beam or other wood-work to which the lathing is attached.

The wirc'cloth may bc of any suitable gage or mesh.

The furring-strips are composed of pieces of wire mx, the ends of each piece being bent at right angles to its body and the pieces connected by twisting their ends together adjacent to their bodies, as shown at t, the number of coils in the twists being varied in accordance with the dist-ance it is desired to have the furring-strip stand from the beam or wood-work to which it is secured.

The free ends of the picccsmxarc preferably chamfered or beveled on their inner edges, as shown at b in Fig. 3, so that when driven into the beam or wood-work they will spread and clinch, as shown by the dotted lilies in Fig. 2, thereby firmly securing the lathing. The ends may, however, be flattened, as shown in Fig. 4, or pointed, as shown in Fig. 5, or left unpointed, as desired, provided they are adapted to be driven into the wood-work.

It will of course be understood that thc length of the pieces mx may be varied, as desired, and that the number employed will be governed by the length of the furring-strip.

In attaching the wirecloth body ofthe lathing to the furring I preferably employ staples fu, which are so arranged as to embrace both a warp and illing wire ofthe cloth and also the furring, the staples being placed near the twistst and driven into the beam or woodwork, as shown in Fig. l. The staples may, however, be disposed in any other suitable position,or any other suitable means employed for securing the cloth to the furring, if desired.

It will be obvious that a fui-ring constructed as described is exceedingly simple, cheap, and durable, and is well adapted for use ou irregular and curved surfaces, where it is difficult to use many kinds of the ordinary metallic furring.

I do not confine myself to forming the bevels b on the adjacent edges of the endsf, as they may be placed in other positions and perform substantially the same functions.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim isl. As an improved article of manufacture, a furring-strip composed of pieces of Wire, the adjacent ends or" which pieces are bent at an angle to their bodies and connected by being twisted together, said ends being adapted to be driven into a beam or woodwork in attaching the furring thereto, substantially as described.

2. In a furring-strip, the pieces mx, having their adjacent ends twisted together, as shown at t, and beveled to deflect and clinch them when driven into the beam or woodwork,substantia-lly as described.

3. In a metallic lathing of the character described, the combination of the furringstrip B, body A, and staples '0, said strip being composed of pieces of Wire, the adjacent ends ofwhich are bent at an angle t0 their bodies and twisted together, and said ends being adapted to be driven into the beam C, and said staples embracing one weft and one Warp strand of said Wire-cloth A, and being also adapted to be driven into the beam C over the ro twisted junctions of said pieces, substantially as described.

BENJAMIN SCARLES. Vitnesses:

O. M. SHAW, E. L. SAWYER. 

